Triton XVIII, Lot: 1756. Estimate $500. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IRELAND, Hiberno-Norse. Sihtric III Olafsson. 995-1036. AR Penny (18.5mm, 0.85 g, 12h). Phase II coinage, Long Cross type. Uncertain mint signature; ‘Nerrnii,’ moneyer. Struck circa 1018-1035. + HNTRC RE+ II·N[...], draped bust left; two pellets before, cross behind / + NER RNII II MO IEIT, voided long cross, with triple crescent ends; pellet in each angle. O'S –; SCBI 22 (Copenhagen), 82 (same dies); D&F 23; SCBC 6125. Good VF, toned, struck from worn dies.

From the Joseph R Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Ex G.W. de Wit Collection (Künker 137, 11 March 2008), lot 3305; R. Schulman 292 (15 June 1991), lot 659.